Wednesday April 13, 2016

I've Been Thinking:

There has been a significant drop in Palestinian terror attacks over the past few weeks.

It is too early to say that the six month long wave of terror is over, but what I can say is that a slew of new techniques and activities undertaken by various groups have been at work and they are, now, coming together and seem to be effective.

First and most important, Israeli military leadership has conducted a series of sit-downs with Arab village leadership. Not threats, real sit downs. The price of the terror is clear to the leadership - but never the less, the IDF decided to give incentives to stop it. They started building soccer fields and parking lots and opening up new entrances to the villages.

In response, local Arab leaders spoke out against violence. They gathered their communities together and said that the violence is hurting them - not helping them.

It also became clear that much of the violence was incited via internet. The IDF cyber squad gave over info to IDF force commanders and they arrested those people who were posting the incitement. If there was not enough evidence to arrest the person, the IDF paid the hosts a visit.

The IDF has been very vigilant and continues to prevent attacks before they happen. Sometimes attacks are aborted and sometimes terrorists are stopped on their way to perpetrate their attacks.

There have also been changes in procedure to make certain that people cannot walk through certain roadblocks.

The Palestinian Security Services is also arresting terrorists. They have confiscated many weapons and PA police have made it clear that they are clamping down on acts of violence and terror. They are even going into schools and instruct children not to plan or perpetrate attacks. They are searching backpacks and school bags.

These and many other tactics are making a big difference.

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